A Canadian, European, and Jew are at a funeral.

A Canadian, European, and Jew are at a funeral. The funeral is for a good friend of all three of these men. During the funeral, these three men met and began talking. The Canadian man was a rich man. He was a matchmaker, but he was single. The European was a poor man. He was an artist, but his paintings never sold. Finally, the Jewish man was a banker. He had just started this job and was happy with his life. All three men valued their jobs because their jobs were where they met the dead friend.


During the time where people came up to put money in the dead man's coffin, these three men came up to each other and decided each would give something that meant something from their valued job, since it was where they met their friend.

The Canadian man walked up and put a diamond encrusted heart crystal in the coffin. The European man walked up and put a painting which would have sold for thousands in the coffin. Finally, the Jew came up and put all the money he had in his bank account in the coffin.

After the funeral was over, the Canadian and European man asked why the Jew gave away all his savings. How would he live anymore?

The Jew replied, "Don't worry, it was just a check."